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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. GINTER, OF HUGHESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF[ITO DAVID GINTER, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No.`244,585, dated July 19,1881.

Application led May 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. GINTEE, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Hughesville, in thecounty of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Uarriage- Seats; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specication. y

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of carriage-seatswhich are provided with hinged backs and springs to allow the back toyield; and the object is to provide an improved combined rod, one end ofwhich is to be pivoted to the hinged back, and a metal arm for the seat,with which the pivoted rod has a spring connection, .as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a view of the end of acarriage-seat. Fig. 2 is a top view of the seat. Fig. 3 is a view of themetal arm separate from the seat.

The letter A designates the seat, and B the back, which is hinged at c.A metal arm for the seat consists of an iron bar, D, bent to a suitableshape and rigidly secured to and above the end of the seat near itsfront edge. The end e of the bar farthest from the front edge of theseat is bent down at 'a right angle and nearly vertical to thehorizontal part, and is rmly secured on the inner side of the seat-end,as shown at e', and thus serves -to support the metal arm above the woodpart of the seat. A hole through the said nearly-vertical part e permitsthe pivoted rod F to pass freely. One end of said rod is pivoted to theend of the hinged back at f, and the other end passes freely, as alreadystated, through the arm-support e, and thence the rod extends along andbelow the rigid horizontal arm D, whereat a spiral spring, g, encirclesthis part of the rod back of its headed end f', and by bearing ,againstthe supporte the said spring serves to keep the seat-back to its normalposition, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, but permits the back toyield, as shown in dotted lines, under the pressure of the persons bodywhen the horse starts with a sudden jerk.

To the rear part of the rigid arm a supplemental arm, D', is attached bya hinge, h, the other end of the hinged arm being bent down and notchedat t' to rest upon the rod F, whereby the free end of said supplementalarm is adapted to yield in the vertical direction as the pivoted rod Ffalls or rises when the backis moved away from or into its normalposition. Theentire arm, both the rigid and yielding part, may be paddedor cushioned.

By this arrangement the following advantages result: First, the rigidhorizontal arm, 0r the end of the seat near its front edge, serves toshield the end of the rod F and the spiral spring which encircle-s it,allowing ksaid. arin to move endwise freely, and at same time it alsoserves as a solid or unyielding handle for the hand of a person to graspupon climbing into the carriage; second, while that part of the arm nearthe front edge of the seat is suitable to be grasped when climbing intothe carriage, because it is rigid, that part which is -nearest the backis yielding, and accommo-y dates itself to the movement ofthe back-thatis, it is depressed when the back yields and is raised when the backassumes its normal po sition. Y

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States,-

In a carriage seat, the combination of a hinged back, a rigid orunyielding horizontal arm, D, near the front edge of the seat, a rod, F,having one end pivoted to the hinged back, a spring to draw forward onthe rod and back, and a yielding arm, D', hinged to the rigid arm andresting upon the rod, as set forth. f

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. GINTER. y

Witnesses:

JNO. T. MADDoX, W. A. MUNsEN.

